Baked Meat stuffed Squash Pots Recipe – Moroccan Stuffed Squash

Baked Meat stuffed Squash Pots – Moroccan Recipe

These baked meat stuffed squash make an impressive presentation for entertaining or just when you need to dress the dinner table. This simple, easy and effortless recipe is Moroccan inspired using exotic spices such as smoked cumin and ginger. Today we’ve used ground turkey as a much healthier substitute for ground beef.

Meat Stuffed Squash Pots Recipe – Moroccan Squash Recipe

Aren’t these pretty on a dinner table? Especially when you have guest? Stuffed vegetables was a my mom’s favorite thing. She loved to stuff veggies with other veggies or meat and sometimes fish and seafood like prawns and mussels. She would make this with Bell Peppers, tomatoes, even onions. Yes you can stuff onions too!
It looks pretty and makes an impressive presentation at a party table. Don’t you think? My mother-in-law was polish and she would make squash stuffed with fragrant rice. Absolutely delicious!

My Aadi loves to help stuff these for me. He is not particularly fond of zucchini or squash so he always says “Mama let’s share; I eat the inside and you eat the outside”. Thinks I don’t know what he’s up to. Rhea really enjoys her veggies so there is no issues with her.

Recently I have been trying to get the kids to realize the importance of eating vegetables. Just some simple basics that they can understand. They are super low in calories – yes, one cup zucchini or squash is only about 19 calories. Good amount of potassium which helps control blood pressure. High in antioxidant Vitamin C. Well, some day I will succeed in making them eat all veggies.

Choosing the Squash

Try to find squash (eight ball) that are medium to small for stuffing. The large ones though they have the ability to stuff more they are also quite fibrous with more seeds and a woody texture. If you accidentally happen to have the large one don’t throw them away they make great additions to loaves and muffins etc. But for these meat stuffed zucchini pots the small to medium ones are perfect.

Squash – these are also called eight ball or globe squash (so I’m told) But you can use the Patty pan or even the Magda. The Magda is long at the bottom and narrow at the top which makes nice presentation too. Ideally almost any squash would work for this recipe as long as you can scoop the flesh and stuff it.

Meat – again I am using ground turkey which is always a great substitute for red meat. It’s not just low in fat or calories but I love that it can be used just as beef or lamb without the fear of over cooking or drying out like chicken. You can of course us beef, lamb or chicken thighs too!

Spices – Cumin, coriander and ground ginger are used in Moroccan and Indian dishes but they are available in most super markets these days.

Ground ginger – In Morocco they use ground not fresh ginger but if you can’t find ground go ahead and add a tsp of grated fresh ginger, I wont’ tell anyone.

Fresh Herbs – Parsley is a great addition to this dish but again use what is fresh on hand if you can’t find parsley.

Baked Meat Stuffed Squash Pots Recipe - Moroccan Stuffed Squash

These baked meat stuffed squash make an impressive presentation for entertaining or just when you need to dress the dinner table. This simple, easy and effortless recipe is Moroccan inspired using exotic spices such as smoked cumin and ginger. Today we've used ground turkey as a much healthier substitute for ground beef.

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I love all the flavors that are going on and I especially like using the vegetable itself as the serving dish. I think that kids like the change from the ordinary. We really enjoy our squash and this would make a great weeknight meal.

I love stuffed zucchini, but this presentation is so much nicer. This will definitely impress any dinner guests. I think it’s funny how you son ‘shares” with you. Don’t worry. You will eventually win him over, and he will eat all of his vegetables just like his sister.